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- Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editorWe all learned in school that some countries have a single governing party. If you’re not in that party, you can’t be part of the government.
- Glen Ford , BAR executive editor“The ‘hate speech’ trick, in practice, rewards Black people’s occupiers and abusers (the police) and renders voices of protest illegitimate and mute.”
- Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist“The move against Alex Jones will be used to defend further censoring of left wing voices.”
- Ann Garrison , BAR contributorOne of the many thousands of diplomatic cables that Wikileaks released between February 18, 2010, and September 1, 2011 revealed the lie beneath Rwanda's shiny surface.
- Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor“No political movement in the US exists to stop the Deep State from suppressing the content and ideology of Black Agenda Report or even Black Lives Matter as agents of the Kremlin.”